13 décembre 2023 | Anglais, Poésie, Prix littéraires
Swinging from post-explosion Beirut to a Parc-Extension balcony in summer, the verse and prose poems in The Good Arabs ground the reader in place, language, and the body. Peeling and rinsing radishes. Dancing as a pre-teen to Nancy Ajram. Being drenched in stares on...
29 novembre 2023 | Anglais, Psychologie
Why you can’t pay attention–and how to think deeply again In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that...
8 novembre 2023 | Anglais, Prix littéraires, Romans
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by...
4 octobre 2023 | Anglais, Santé
Why we can’t stop eating food that isn’t food It’s not you, it’s the food. How much of our daily caloric intake comes from ingesting substances that, technically speaking, do not meet traditional definitions of “food”? Chances are, if you’re...
17 mai 2023 | Anglais, Musique
Music isn’t just about entertainment–it’s a deeply embedded, subtly powerful means of communication. Songs resonate with your brain wave patterns and drive changes in your brain: creating your moods, consolidating your memories, strengthening your...
3 mai 2023 | Anglais, Romans jeunes adultes
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel...
